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src/lib.rs

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ pub use crate::value::{FromLua, FromLuaMulti, MultiValue, Nil, ToLua, ToLuaMulti
 pub use crate::thread::AsyncThread;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
+#[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::serde::{ser::Options as SerializeOptions, LuaSerdeExt};
 
 pub mod prelude;

src/prelude.rs

@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ pub use crate::{
 pub use crate::AsyncThread as LuaAsyncThread;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
+#[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::{LuaSerdeExt, SerializeOptions as LuaSerializeOptions};

src/serde/de.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ use crate::table::{TablePairs, TableSequence};
 use crate::value::Value;
 
 /// A struct for deserializing Lua values into Rust values.
-pub struct Deserializer<'lua>(pub Value<'lua>);
+pub struct Deserializer<'lua>(Value<'lua>);
+
+impl<'lua> Deserializer<'lua> {
+    /// Creates a new Lua Deserializer for the `Value`.
+    pub fn new(value: Value<'lua>) -> Self {
+        Deserializer(value)
+    }
+}
 
 impl<'lua, 'de> serde::Deserializer<'de> for Deserializer<'lua> {
     type Error = Error;

src/serde/mod.rs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::types::LightUserData;
 use crate::util::{assert_stack, StackGuard};
 use crate::value::Value;
 
+/// Trait for serializing/deserializing Lua values using Serde.
 pub trait LuaSerdeExt<'lua> {
     /// A special value (lightuserdata) to encode/decode optional (none) values.
     ///
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ impl<'lua> LuaSerdeExt<'lua> for Lua {
     where
         T: Deserialize<'lua>,
     {
-        T::deserialize(de::Deserializer(value))
+        T::deserialize(de::Deserializer::new(value))
     }
 }
 
@@ -221,3 +222,8 @@ static ARRAY_METATABLE_REGISTRY_KEY: u8 = 0;
 
 pub mod de;
 pub mod ser;
+
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use de::Deserializer;
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use ser::Serializer;

src/serde/ser.rs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub struct Options {
     ///
     /// Default: true
     ///
-    /// [`array_metatable`]: trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.array_metatable
+    /// [`array_metatable`]: ../trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.array_metatable
     pub set_array_metatable: bool,
 
     /// If true, serialize `None` (part of `Option` type) to [`null`].
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ pub struct Options {
     ///
     /// Default: true
     ///
-    /// [`null`]: trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.null
+    /// [`null`]: ../trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.null
-    /// [`Nil`]: ../enum.Value.html#variant.Nil
+    /// [`Nil`]: ../../enum.Value.html#variant.Nil
     pub serialize_none_to_null: bool,
 
     /// If true, serialize `Unit` (type of `()` in Rust) and Unit structs to [`null`].
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ pub struct Options {
     ///
     /// Default: true
     ///
-    /// [`null`]: trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.null
+    /// [`null`]: ../trait.LuaSerdeExt.html#tymethod.null
-    /// [`Nil`]: ../enum.Value.html#variant.Nil
+    /// [`Nil`]: ../../enum.Value.html#variant.Nil
     pub serialize_unit_to_null: bool,
 }
 
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ impl Default for Options {
 }
 
 impl<'lua> Serializer<'lua> {
-    /// Creates a new instance of Lua Serializer with default options
+    /// Creates a new Lua Serializer with default options.
     pub fn new(lua: &'lua Lua) -> Self {
         Self::new_with_options(lua, Options::default())
     }
 
-    /// Creates a new instance of Lua Serializer with custom options
+    /// Creates a new Lua Serializer with custom options.
     pub fn new_with_options(lua: &'lua Lua, options: Options) -> Self {
         Serializer { lua, options }
     }
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ impl<'lua> ser::Serializer for Serializer<'lua> {
     }
 }
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct SerializeVec<'lua> {
     table: Table<'lua>,
     options: Options,
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ impl<'lua> ser::SerializeTupleStruct for SerializeVec<'lua> {
     }
 }
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct SerializeTupleVariant<'lua> {
     name: String<'lua>,
     table: Table<'lua>,
@@ -358,6 +360,7 @@ impl<'lua> ser::SerializeTupleVariant for SerializeTupleVariant<'lua> {
     }
 }
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct SerializeMap<'lua> {
     table: Table<'lua>,
     key: Option<Value<'lua>>,
@@ -412,6 +415,7 @@ impl<'lua> ser::SerializeStruct for SerializeMap<'lua> {
     }
 }
 
+#[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct SerializeStructVariant<'lua> {
     name: String<'lua>,
     table: Table<'lua>,